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Thermal Management

Thermal Management. A.M.Villavan Sai Lalith Rohit K.Anudeep. Thermal Management : Heat  generated by  electronic devices and  circuitry must be dissipated to improve reliability and prevent premature  failure Satellite is in synchronous orbit, where extremes of solar radiations are present

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Thermal Management

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  1. Thermal Management A.M.Villavan SaiLalithRohit K.Anudeep

  2. Thermal Management : • Heat generated by electronic devices and circuitry must be dissipated to improve reliability and prevent premature failure • Satellite is in synchronous orbit, where extremes of solar radiations are present • Satellite consists of many electronic devices • The performance and the reliability of everything in spacecraft and satellite are more or less sensitive to the temperature

  3. Typical temperature range for selected satellite components Components Typical temperature range, ℃ Batteries 5 to 20 Electronics 0 to 40 Infrared detectors - 200 to – 80 On-board computer - 10 to 50 Propellant, hydrazine 7 to 35 Solar arrays - 100 to 100 Structures - 45 to 65

  4. Spacecraft thermal control • In spacecraft design, the Thermal Control System (TCS) has the function to keep all the spacecraft parts within acceptable temperature ranges during all mission phases • Thermal control is also necessary to keep specific components (such as optical sensors, atomic clocks, etc.) within a specified temperature • The thermal control is because if a component encounters a temperature which is too high or to low, it could be damaged or its performance could be severely affected

  5. The thermal control subsystem can be composed both of passive and of active items and works in two ways: • protects the equipment from too hot temperatures • protects the equipment from too cold temperature Passive Thermal Control System (PTCS) items include: • multi-layer insulation(MLI), which protects the spacecraft from excessive solar or planetary heating • thermal fillers to improve the thermal coupling at selected interfaces

  6. thermal washers to reduce the thermal coupling at selected interfaces • thermal doublers to spread on the radiator surface the heat dissipated by equipment • mirrors to improve the heat rejection capability Active Thermal Control System (ATCS) items include : • electric heaters to keep the equipment temperature above its lower limit during the mission cold phases • fluid loops to transfer the heat dissipated by equipment to the radiators.

  7. They can be : • single-phase loops, controlled by a pump • two-phase loops, composed of heat pipes (HP), loop heat pipes (LHP) or capillary pumped loops (CPL) • Thermo electric coolers

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